:Slavery and Beyond: The Making of Men and Chikunda Ethnic Identities in the Unstable World of South‐Central Africa, 1750–1920.(Social History of Africa.)

2005 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 912-913
Author(s):  
Clifton Crais
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Ethnic Identities ◽  
South Central ◽  
History Of

The Origin, Formation and Early History of the Chikunda of South Central Africa

1972 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen Isaacman
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Historical Linguistic ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Military History ◽  
Early History ◽  
South Central ◽  
History Of

Although historians have examined the process of pre-colonial political integration, little attention has been paid to the complementary patterns of ethnic and cultural assimilation. The Chikunda, who were initially slaves on the Zambezi prazos, provide an excellent example of this phenomenon. Over the course of several generations, captives from more than twenty ethnic groups submerged their historical, linguistic, and cultural differences to develop a new set of institutions and a common identity. The decline of the prazo system during the first half of the nineteenth century generated large scale migrations of Chikunda outside of the lower Zambezi valley. They settled in Zumbo, the Luangwa valley and scattered regions of Malawi where they played an important role in the nineteenth-century political and military history of south central Africa.

HUNTING REPUTATIONS: TALENT, INDIVIDUALS, AND COMMUNITY IN PRECOLONIAL SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA

2012 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATHRYN M. DE LUNA
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Technological Basis ◽  
South Central ◽  
The Face ◽  
Political Traditions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Longue Duree ◽  
First Millennium ◽  
Foregone Conclusion

ABSTRACTThe familiar mystique of African hunters was not a foregone conclusion to the practitioners, dependents, and leaders who created it. Late in the first millennium, Botatwe farmers’ successful adoption of cereals and limited cattle sustained the transformation of hunting from a generalist's labor into a path to distinction. Throughout the second millennium, the basis of hunters’ renown diversified as trade intensified, new political traditions emerged, and, eventually, the caravan trade andmfecaneravaged established communities. The story of Botatwe hunters reveals alongue duréehistory of local notables and the durability of affective, social dimensions of recognition in the face of changes in the material, political, and technological basis sustaining such status.

The Recent Political History of South Central Africa

1977 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Melvin E. Page ◽  
Lawrence Vambe ◽  
Peter S. Garlake ◽  
Allen F. Isaacman ◽  
Bridglal Pachai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Political History ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
South Central ◽  
History Of
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